EBOOK Ancient Historiography and Its Contexts:Studies in Honour of A. J. Woodman

This is a collection of studies on ancient (especially Latin) poetry and        historiography, concentrating especially on the impact of rhetoric on both genres,        and on the importance of considering the literature to illuminate the historical        Roman context and the historical context to illuminate the literature. It takes the        form of a tribute to Tony Woodman, Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the        University of Virginia, for whom twenty-one scholars have contributed essays        reflectingthe interests and approaches that have typified Woodman's own work. The        authors that he has continuously illuminated - especially Velleius, Horace, Virgil,        Sallust, and Tacitus - figure particularly prominently.